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This is an online application for NYC tenants with housing legal issues.

NYLAG provides free civil legal services to individuals experiencing poverty. If you have a legal problem, you can apply for legal services through this application. We will call you after you complete this application to ask a few more questions to see if you qualify for our services.

Please note the following information http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/civil/corona/evictions.shtml

Evictions in Housing Court cases are suspended until October 1, 2020. Before any eviction can occur, landlords must serve tenants with legal papers and the Housing Court will then conduct a virtual conference. At the virtual conference, tenants will have the opportunity to meet with a free lawyer and present any defenses. There is no longer a Federal moratorium on evictions.

Landlords can file new cases, but those cases are not moving forward at this time. Many tenants may have the right to a free lawyer to assist them with their case.

If you receive any legal papers from your landlord, their lawyer, or the Housing Court, DO NOT IGNORE IT. Contact NYLAG’s NY COVID-19 Legal Resource Hotline at (929) 356-9582 or online, or the New York City Office of Civil Justice at (718) 557-1379, civiljustice@hra.nyc.gov, or visit their website.